They are "less concerned with domestic issues" because they'd be laughed out of conservative circles if they made public statements on them. As others have pointed out on this thread (and I posted a direct quote in Post #20 that supports this), these so-called "neo-conservatives" were historically Marxists. It has often been said that "neo-con" is used as an anti-semitic slur of sorts, but that's not the case at all. The fact that so many of them are Jewish isn't the fault of a hard-core, principled conservative who despises their political leanings, though the fact remains that Jewish Americans make up a disproportionate share of them. But this isn't a mere coincidence. The simple truth is that almost every one of these high-profile neo-conservatives can be traced back to a Marxist political philosophy that was popular among the well-educated upper crust of most urban centers in the northeastern U.S. over the last 50 years.